Breakfast with Franck Lafourcade, Metropole Hanoi
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He managed the Metropole Hanoi, A Sofitel Legend Hotel, from 2000-2005, and returned to the helm of Hanoi's most famous hotel in 2013 for a second term.
Reading Room
Hilton, Conrad Nicholson
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Conrad Nicholson Hilton, (1887-1979), born in 1887 in San Antonio, New Mexico, was an American entrepreneur. In 1919, he actually wanted to buy a bank. While waiting for a room at the lobby of the Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas, in 1919, he approached the innkeeper and made him an offer.
Making Of Oriental Bangkok
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In 1994, Kurt Wachtveitl, a general manager almost as famous as the hotel he run, invited us to Bangkok, where I had the privilege of meeting a few fantastic 'assistants':
Somerset Maugham arrives at the Oriental
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"The hotel faced the river. My room was dark, one of a long line, with a verandah on each side of it, the breeze blew through, but it was stifling. The dining-room was large and dim, and for coolness"
Breakfast with Ciriaco Campus, Reid’s Palace, Madeira
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At Reid’s Palace on the flower-island Madeira, Portugal, off the western shores of Northern Africa, I am having breakfast with Ciriaco Campus, the general manager
They said ...
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"The consumption of oysters should be urgently advised against!" Baedeker, Twain, Wilde and Vogue's Book of Etiquette. This is our growing collection of remarkable hospitality related quotes.
Breakfast with Christian Tavelli, Hotel Ritz, Madrid
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The Ritz Madrid is one of the elegant classic Grand Hotels of Europe. It was built in 1910, today it is managed by Christian Tavelli.
Bristol - who or what’s behind the popular hotel name
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The Earl of Bristol has nothing to do with the city of Bristol. All hotels called Bristol have! Soon we realised that this was a dilemma all Bristol hotels around the world suffered from. They all told the same story.
Londra Palace: Tchaikovsky’s Lions
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Hotel Londra Palace in Venice offers one of those hotel puzzles that can be found all over Europe. Our contributing editor and roving correspondent, ADRIAN MOURBY makes friends with two hotel lions and unearths the history of Venice's Londra Palace Hotel.
Artist: Oskar Kokoschka at The Savoy
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Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka spent considerable time in London at The Savoy, where he created some of his most famous London works.
Davos Summit WEF embraces Grand Hotel Belvedere
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The Davos summit is among the most important gatherings of the leaders of our globe. It generates a yearly turnover of 40 million Swiss Franks (2014) for the little grand city of Davos. The Steigenberger Grand Hotel Belvédère is seemingly at the centre of all action.
THE ORIENTAL JOURNEY
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If you have 18 minutes watch our movie about the history of The Oriental in Bangkok. You can also watch it there (recommended). Visit the permanent exhibition THE ORIENTAL JOURNEY.
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